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Verse Psalms 42:11. _WHY ART THOU CAST DOWN_] There is no reason why
thou shouldst despair. God will appear and release thee and thy
brother captives and soon thy sighing and sorrowing shall flee away...
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WHY ART THOU CAST DOWN, O MY SOUL? - This closes the second strophe of
the psalm, and, with one or two slight and immaterial variations, is
the same as that which closes the first Psalms 42:5. In this...
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II. THE EXODUS SECTION: BOOK TWO:PSALM 42-72
The second division of the book of Psalms corresponds to the book of
Exodus, the second book of the Pentateuch. That book begins with the
groans and moans...
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PSALMS 42, 43. Originally these two Pss. were one. This is proved by
the long refrain common to each, Why art thou cast down, O my soul,
etc. It recurs in Psalms 42:5; Psalms 42:11 and Psalms 43:5, an...
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HEALTH. salvation....
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From self he turns to God and pleads his cause....
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Having thus recalled God's mercy in the past he expostulates with Him
for having abandoned him, and exposed him to the sneers of his
enemies....
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THE HEALTH OF MY COUNTENANCE— _The salvation of my countenance; i.e.
The preserver of my person,_ which is chiefly expressed in the
countenance; or rather _the support of my face;_ he who enableth me...
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THE PSALMS
BOOK THE SECOND
Psalms 42, 43
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
A Debarred Worshipper Mastering his Sorrow.
ANALYSIS
Stanza I., Psalms 42:1-5, A Debarred Worshipper, Nursing his Grief,
nevertheless Striv...
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_WHY ART THOU CAST DOWN O MY SOUL? AND WHY ART THOU DISQUIETED WITHIN
ME? HOPE THOU IN GOD: FOR I SHALL_ _ WHY ART THOU CAST DOWN, O MY
SOUL? AND WHY ART THOU DISQUIETED WITHIN ME? HOPE THOU IN GOD: F...
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BOOK 2
The second and third Books of the Psalter (Psalms 42-72, 73-89) are
but the two parts of a whole, the largest section of which (Psalms
42-83) is called the Elohistic Psalter, because the name E...
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PSALMS 42:72
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
Words in boxes are from the Bible.
Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end.
The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
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_[Psalms 42:12]_ מַה ־תִּשְׁתֹּ֬וחֲחִ֨י ׀
נַפְשִׁי֮ וּֽ מַה...
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Psalms 42:1 , PSALMS 43:1
THE second book of the Psalter is characterised by the use of the
Divine name "Elohim" instead of "Jehovah." It begins with a cluster of
seven psalms (reckoning Psalms 42:1;...
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THIRSTING AFTER GOD
Psalms 42:1
This psalm clearly embalms the holy musings and yearnings of the
exiled king during Absalom's rebellion. Their setting to music was
left to the sons of Korah, 2 Chroni...
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This is the song of an exile and, moreover, of an exile among enemies
who have no sympathy with his religious convictions. He cries out
after God with all the intensity of one who knows God and cares...
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(k) Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted
within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, [who is] the
health of my countenance, and my God.
(k) This repetition decl...
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Here is a beautiful reiteration of what was said before, and every
renewed view of a God in covenant, and every renewed remembrance of a
God engaged in covenant, brings with it increasing strength to...
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11_O my soul! why art thou cast down? _This repetition shows us that
David had not so completely overcome his temptations in one encounter,
or by one extraordinary effort, as to render it unnecessary...
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BOOK 2 - PSALMS 42-72
In the second book, the remnant is viewed as outside Jerusalem, and
the city as given up to wickedness. This is seen throughout it. The
covenant connection of the Jews with Jehov...
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WHY ART THOU CAST DOWN, O MY SOUL?.... The same expostulation as in
Psalms 42:5; and so is what follows,
AND WHY ART THOU DISQUIETED WITHIN ME? and the same argument and means
are made use of to remo...
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Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within
me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, [who is] the health
of my countenance, and my God.
Ver. 11. _Why art thou cast...
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_Why art thou cast down_, &c. See note on Psalms 42:5. _Who is the
health of my countenance_ Hebrew, _The salvations of my face:_ which
will make my face to shine, and my countenance cheerful, which
s...
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AN EXILE'S LONGING FOR ZION.
To the chief musician, for performance in the liturgical part of the
Temple-services, Maschil, a didactic poem, for the sons of Korah,
written by some member of this Levit...
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Why art thou cast down, O my soul, and why art thou disquieted, tossed
and agitated like an angry sea, WITHIN ME? HOPE THOU IN GOD; FOR I
SHALL YET PRAISE HIM, WHO IS THE HEALTH OF MY COUNTENANCE, his...
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6-11 The way to forget our miseries, is to remember the God of our
mercies. David saw troubles coming from God's wrath, and that
discouraged him. But if one trouble follow hard after another, if all...
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THE HEALTH OF MY COUNTENANCE, Heb. _the salvations of my face_ i.e.
either,
1. Which are present and manifest, being before my face. Or,
2. Which will make my face to shine, and my countenance cheer...
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Psalms 42:11 down H7817 (H8709) soul H5315 disquieted H1993 (H8799)
Hope H3176 (H8685) God H430 praise...
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Psalms 42:11
There were two things under which at this time probably the time of
Absalom's short-lived and wicked triumph David's soul was suffering.
It was "cast down," and it was "disquieted." To b...
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Psalms 42
This Psalm contains a prescription for a downcast soul, consisting of
three ingredients.
I. The first is inquiry: " _Why_art thou cast down?" Religious
despondency must have a cause; and i...
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Psalms 42:1. _As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth
my soul after thee, O God._
«As the hart panteth» or «brayeth.» And if such be your soul's
panting after God, you shall have what...
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CONTENTS: The experiences of a much afflicted saint and his confidence
in God.
CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist.
CONCLUSION: God often teaches His saints effectually to know the worth
of His mercies by cau...
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Psalms 42:3. _Tears have been my meat._ I abstained from food to
indulge in grief: my sorrows have superseded the desire of food.
Psalms 42:6. _The hill Mizar;_ the little hill on which Zoar was
buil...
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_As the heart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after
Thee, O God._
THE KORACHITE PSALMS
The second book of the Psalter, characterized by the use of the Divine
name “Elohim” instead...
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_Why art thou cast down, O my soul?_
and why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God: for I shall
yet praise Him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
DAVID’S MALADY AND DAVID’S...
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 42:6 The second stanza sharpens the description
of the singer’s situation. He is in THE LAND OF JORDAN AND OF
HERMON, far from the sanctuary in Jerusalem. He knows that God is not...
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INTRODUCTION
_Superscription_: “To the Chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of
Korah.” Maschil, an instruction, a didactic poem.
“The sons of Korah,” descendants of Korah, were an important
company...
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EXPOSITION
THIS psalm, committed (like so many others) to the precentor, or.
chief musician, for its musical setting, is entitled "Maschil of the
sous of Korah"—_i.e._ an "instruction," or didactic ps...
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So we enter now into Psalms 42:1-11 into the second book of the
psalms.
And as a hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after
thee, O God (Psalms 42:1).
Jesus said, "Blessed are they...
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Jeremiah 30:17; Jeremiah 33:6; Matthew 9:12; Psalms 42:5; Psalms 43:5